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Battery/fuel-cell EV design packages CHAPTER 6.1

Fig. 6.1-23 GM fuel-cell developments: (a) Zafira conversion package; (b) under-bonnet power-pack; (c) reformer and cells; (d) flow
diagram; (e) latest package with on-board hydrogen storage.

GAPC has created strong alliances with several major hydrogen is readily available on a commercial basis from
petroleum companies to investigate the creation of the various industrial processes, its cost in terms of energy
national infrastructures needed to support a reasonable density presents a real problem for the many auto-
number of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles once they reach the makers who research both fuel cells and direct
market. Fuel cost is another critical factor. Although combustion.

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